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What shrimp are you wanting to breed? That will dictate how to setup the tank and what to expect with breeding. Some shrimp you put in water and they breed. Some takes some work on the breeders part to maintain the best conditions possible.

04-01-2013 04:57 PM

Kirbybtf

Re: Shrimp breeding

Is there a good guide anywhere for beginner shrimp breeders? I'm seeing things in other forums about mineralization additives and other things and top be quite honest is over whelming! I'd like to get a good grasp on this before I attempt any shrimp breeding. Luckily I have at least a week before I can order some.

Also, in using eco complete as my substrate right now, will that suffice?

+1 Once beneficial bacteria is established, you can start breaking the 10 per gallon rule.

04-01-2013 04:19 PM

Nubster

I'd say more like 10. Shrimp have a pretty low bioload so you can get a lot of shrimp in a tank without affected the water quality. There's folks on here that have hundreds of shrimp in a 20 gallon tank. 40-60 in a 4 gallon tank shouldn't be an issue.

04-01-2013 04:15 PM

Kirbybtf

Re: Shrimp breeding

As this is my first attempt I'm going to start slow in my evolve 4 and see how it goes. If I enjoy the process I'll upgrade to my 10, 30, or even 55 gallon! I can't fit that many shrimp in my 4 gallon :p I heard its. 5-6 per gallon correct?

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04-01-2013 03:55 PM

pmcarbrey

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Originally Posted by Kirbybtf

Those look amazing! I haven't been looking at the right pictures clearly! I do plan on "thinning my herd" and selling off the pale colored shrimpettes, while keeping the darker bred. If it works well I will know I can do it with crs. Are the Malaw fairly cheap? I'm looking to start a colony of roughly 10-15.

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Just a tip: I always start colonies with 20-25, I also only start with the highest quality stock I can find. If you are looking to make money breeding or have stock worth keeping and breeding buy from the best quality stock you can find and cull heavily.

04-01-2013 03:54 PM

Soothing Shrimp

You can selectively breed with any shrimp. On the upside you get better traits of what you want, on the downside it costs money, time and space. But there's pros and cons to everything in life. It just depends where you want to focus your finances and energy.

I'll pm you on the Malawa.

04-01-2013 03:46 PM

Kirbybtf

Re: Shrimp breeding

Those look amazing! I haven't been looking at the right pictures clearly! I do plan on "thinning my herd" and selling off the pale colored shrimpettes, while keeping the darker bred. If it works well I will know I can do it with crs. Are the Malaw fairly cheap? I'm looking to start a colony of roughly 10-15.

Now admittedly I've selectively bred for dark color, and the occasional transparent green or blue is thrown, but I don't think this looks like ghost shrimp. They are not as solid as higher grade cherries though, and still have a translucent quality to them.

Another nice thing is that "cherries" come in different colors as well. Just about any color is hardy, but yellows people tend to have a challenge with in breeding and sometimes even keeping alive. The strain you get is kind of a crapshoot with them thar yellers.

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